An afternoon at Domboshava with the CS'ers

We decided to take Liam, Leslie and Gavin to Domboshava, after having run some errands, preparing for the influx of people for HIFA. We stocked in on water, bought an extra mattress (300USD, thank you please) and got loads of beers. After all this shopping, time for some sundowners at Domboshava, so we headed out there just in time for the sunset.

Liam is into photography (like really), and he really took some awesome pictures, with the sun setting that I wanted to share in the most narcistic manner.

Liam and Leslie make such a sweet couple. I really took to them, and the way they interacted.  Leslie comes from this tiny place in Oregon, where her travels are sometimes the topic of the local newspaper, while Liam is from sunny Brisbane in Australia. She used to work as a nanny, while he's a mecanical engineer that loves to explain why roads can get bumpy. She was brought up a catholic and still clings to some aspects of faith, while he's all into evolution and scientific proof (the god illusion). But they fitted, at least now in modus traveli. 

I liked them both very much. It is the fun and sad part about CouchSurfing, random people come and go.

They eventually left on Thursday morning, after a final treat of some belgian chocolat at Doon Estate. I must say, despite the sweet taste of chocolat, it was still sad to leave them by the side of the road hitch hiking to their next destination. 

I know, I've been in their shoes so many times, leaving, saying goodbye. No real reason, you're simply on the road, and you move on.  I've had to explain so many times without being able to. "But why do you need to go, you don't have anything in particular waiting for you, stay a bit longer..." Such a sweet question but impossible to answer.  

It did get a little tail, when at HIFA we met this Brazilian girl, Vivian, who had picked them and given them the ride. She just arrived to Harare and was interested in starting capoeira, so they had given her our phone number. It was funny to hear how the roadtrip had been...